Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007 Series: Case Files of Indian Wars Pension Applications, 1892 - ca. 1926 File Unit: Approved Pension File for Sleep American Horse, Widow of Corporal American Horse, Indian Scouts, U.S. Army (WC-10319)

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Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007 Series: Case Files of Indian Wars Pension Applications, 1892 - ca. 1926 File Unit: Approved Pension File for Sleep American Horse, Widow of Corporal American Horse, Indian Scouts, U.S. Army (WC-10319)

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Horse, American, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908

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American Horse was first known as Manishnee (Cannot Walk, or Played Out)" and his nickname was Spider. When he was born, his old grandfather said: 'Put him out in the sun! Let him ask his great-grandfather, the Sun, for the warm blood of a warrior!' And he had warm blood." His father Sitting-Bear, the leader of the True Oglalas, was killed in battle while he was still very young and he was raised by an uncle. As a youth, American Horse participated in war parties against the Crow and Shoshones. ...